I am curious to see how everyone's consoles are connected at the moment to get an accurate reflection of where Dreamcast users are at with their systems. I posted this in General Online rather than the Lounge because I feel it relates hightly to how willing people are to play their DC online depending on their setup. If your console is not hooked up right now, please be honest and open about it. This post is designed to help shape future documentation on the site relating to rendering the Dreamcast on various displays.

I tried ordering from most to least latency, with having your DC packed away being "Maximum" Latency hehe.

Please login and contribute to this poll, or even spread the word for others to contribute to this poll.

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I'm not sure where to put mine. My Dreamcast is currently connected to a widescreen Sony CRT HDTV that's in my bedroom, so I can play games with widescreen modes, like Metropolis Street Racer, without any latency. My widescreen CRT can natively display in 480p, 480i, 720p and 1080i, but not 1080p. I'm using S-Video because the widescreen CRT doesn't have any VGA inputs. As such, I'm only getting 240p/480i, albeit without any latency. Should I select 240p/480i SDTV, Composite/S-Video/EU-SCART/JP21-RGB, should I select 720p/1080p HDTV, Composite/S-Video/Component, or should I select neither?

Also, we have a 480p/1080i 4:3 Proscan CRT HDTV/EDTV in our family room. In addition to three S-Video/Composite inputs and a Component input, it has two VGA inputs. However, it is technically an HDTV set, not a computer monitor. Granted, no Dreamcast is connected to it at the moment, but if I were to connect a Dreamcast to it, would I still select "CRT Monitor, DC VGA Box?"

Temporarily, I'm using a composite to USB capture device. The aspect is still 4:3 / 525 lines and picture in picture, so is it still technically a "scaler" device or should there be a new option for "capture" device?

Hmm something a bit wierd happened there with the poll, maybe because I had hit the hard limit of 12 poll options set on the board. I extended it to 25, but to correct the problem I had to delete then re-add the CRT HDTV options. MasquedWarrior, does the poll let you revote? or does it show you as having already voted?

I also added a Dreamcast Emulation option.

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Temporarily, I'm using a composite to USB capture device. The aspect is still 4:3 / 525 lines and picture in picture, so is it still technically a "scaler" device or should there be a new option for "capture" device?

Playing primarily off of a capture device would be in the same realm as using a scaler/any other video processing device.

I would do "720p/1080p Monitor, Scaler Device" if you are playing through a capture card.

Hmm something a bit wierd happened there with the poll, maybe because I had hit the hard limit of 12 poll options set on the board. I extended it to 25, but to correct the problem I had to delete then re-add the CRT HDTV options. MasquedWarrior, does the poll let you revote? or does it show you as having already voted?...

HDTV 720/1080 composite yeah I know not the best setup but the picture is huge, compared to the 13' gxtv which is not as easily hooked up.
but the set was a gift and I have a audio video switch for most of my consoles 2 DC, and 1 ps2 which let me have do something crazy have
PSO ver 2 DC
PSO PAL ver 2 DC
PSO Episode I & II XB
PSU PS2

all on and flipping between all the games to see the difference on the same set, still not the best setup, but interesting to see the switch get a workout.

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My DC is offline.

MasquedWarrior I will try and login with a spare dummy account I have and cast your vote in the appropriate slot. Sorry about the inconvenience, things got wierd when I was adding/removing entries at the poll option cap.

Great to see the participation in the poll. For those who select the stored away/unplugged options, don't worry. I plan on re-running this poll on a periodic basis. So you will have an opportunity to revote in a new poll when your DC is connected. I am not sure on what would work best, 1/year, or 2/year? A re-polling every 4 months would seem a bit excessive.

Some interesting trends so far: Most are on HD displays/monitors, and a decent percentage are taking advantage of the Dreamcast's VGA capabilities.

My setup isn't reflected in the poll. Right now, my Dreamcast is connected to an old LCD monitor from the early 2000's. The monitor is only capable of 1024 x 768, a sub HD resolution. I still have my CRT monitor, but a lack of available desk space means that it sits in a spare bedroom.